Pentagon designates its press office a classified area

WASHINGTON — The US Defense Department has designated its press office a classified space, the Pentagon said Monday, making it off-limits to journalists who used to be able to enter the area. “The Pentagon Press Office has been redesignated as a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility” because speechwriters who “routinely handle classified material” work in the area, Acting Pentagon Press Secretary Joel Valdez said in a statement. “As a result, journalists will no longer be permitted to enter the office space,” he added. READ: Pentagon tightens press restrictions after court ruling The Pentagon began enacting new restrictions on journalists soon after […]... Keep on reading: Pentagon designates its press office a classified area